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Video on Shechtman and Nobel predictions…

Campanario, Juan Miguel. “Rejecting and Resisting Nobel Class Discoveries: Accounts by Nobel Laureates.” Scientometrics 81, no. 2 (November 1, 2009): 549–65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-2141-5.

“Dan Shechtman.” In Wikipedia, September 20, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Shechtman&oldid=1176268332.

“David Smith Negative Refraction – Google Search.” Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=567971749&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN947IN947&q=david+smith+negative+refraction&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj65sitgsOBAxWvbvUHHdXgBDgQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1163&bih=554&dpr=1.65#imgrc=ETQJRC1YLQoZIM.

Duke Electrical and Computer Engineering. “David R. Smith.” Accessed September 24, 2023. https://ece.duke.edu/faculty/david-smith.

“Eli Yablonovitch – Google Search.” Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwyiqryDFg9BJIzclUqExMysnPyy_LLEnOAACJLwn8&q=eli+yablonovitch&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN947IN947&oq=eli+ya&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j46i512l2j0i512j46i512j0i512l4.7471j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.

“Federico Capasso – Google Search.” Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TdIyi0xrDJg9BJIS01JLcpMzldITixILC7OBwCI3QnT&q=federico+capasso&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN947IN947&oq=fedrico+capaso&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46i13i512j0i13i512l2j0i13i30l5.5850j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.

“John Pendry – Google Search.” Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.google.com/search?q=john+pendry&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN947IN947&oq=john+pendry&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i512j46i512j0i512l2j46i512j0i15i22i30l3j0i22i30l2.2305j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.

NobelPrize.org. “The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011.” Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2011/shechtman/facts/.

“Omar Yaghi – Google Search.” Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.google.com/search?q=omar+yaghi&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN947IN947&oq=omar+yaghi&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i512j46i512j0i512l8.5713j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.

PROFESSOR SIR MICHAEL VICTOR BERRY, FRS. “PROFESSOR SIR MICHAEL VICTOR BERRY, FRS.” Accessed September 24, 2023. https://michaelberryphysics.wordpress.com/.

“Sajeev John – Google Search.” Accessed September 24, 2023. https://www.google.com/search?q=sajeev+john&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN947IN947&oq=sajeev+john&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i512j46i512j0i512l2j0i22i30l3j0i390i650.2812j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.

Water droplets on a cobweb – video

Water droplets on a cobweb, fascinating #softmatter..

Interestingly, this has conceptual connection to protein droplets on a cell surface..

See this very short video and the references in the description:

References to understand the conceptual connections:

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2021/01/29/dewdrops-spiderweb-reveal-physics-behind-cell-structures

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-01141-8

Active Collective Motion – a video

References :

“Active Matter.” Accessed August 20, 2023. https://www.nature.com/collections/hvczfmjfzl.

apratim. “IISER-Pune Soft Matter Groups.” Accessed August 20, 2023. https://apratimchatterji.wixsite.com/apratim/iiser-pune-soft-matter-groups.

Marchetti, M. C., J.-F. Joanny, S. Ramaswamy, T. B. Liverpool, J. Prost, Madan Rao, and R. Aditi Simha. “Soft Active Matter.” arXiv, July 12, 2012. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1207.2929.

“Members | Cytoskeleton and Cell Shape (CyCelS) Lab.” Accessed August 20, 2023. http://www3.iiserpune.ac.in/~cathale/?page_id=27.

Ramaswamy, Sriram. “The Mechanics and Statistics of Active Matter.” Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 1, no. 1 (2010): 323–45. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-070909-104101.